Iconography Pigment No 241 - Zinc White - 50gr KREMER

• Manufacturer
  Kremer
• Product Type
  Dry Pigments
• Barcode
  4630000000500
• Color Family
  White & Clear
• Paco code
  9851058
• No.
  241
• Size
  50gr
• SKU
  SKONES-241-50
• Description
  Dry Pigment
• Color Name
  Άσπρο Τσίγκου S/O FR ***

Πληροφορίες Χρωστικής

• Pigment Name
  PW4-Zinc White
• Pigment type
  inorganic
• Chemical Name
  zinc(II)-oxide
• Chemical Formula
  ZnO
• Properties

  Zinc White is the coolest white, and it has a cold, clean masstone and a slightly bluish tint. It has less hiding power and is more transparent than other whites. It dries slowly and is good for painting wet into wet and for glazing and scumbling. Zinc White is neither as opaque nor as heavy as Lead White, its covering power is not as good, and it takes much longer to dry. However, it does not blacken when exposed to sulfur in the air as Lead White does. It is very valuable for making tints with other colors. Unmixed Zinc White dries to a brittle and dry paint film that may crack over the years, so it is not good for frescoing. It is more transparent in acrylic form than Titanium White and is the most commonly used white with gouache. Chinese White is a version of Zinc White appropriate for opaque watercolor techniques.

• Permanence

  Zinc White has great permanence and lightfastness.

• Toxicity

  Zinc White is moderately toxic if ingested and slightly toxic if inhaled.

• History

  Though historians are divided on who first isolated the element zinc, they agree that it was first suggested as a white pigment in 1782. Zinc White was accepted as a watercolor in 1834 and was called Chinese White due to the popularity of oriental porcelain in Europe at the time. Ten years later, a suitable oil form was produced. By the early 20th century, it had improved to the point where it was an acceptable alternative to Flake White.

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